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Himself from these investigations. the basis for these calls for recusal is sessions was a supporter of trump during the campaign. well, here is a news flash, typically people who get cabinet appointments are supporters of the president during the campaign. thals not a basis for disqualification. its ironic after holding up sessions confirmation he gets if place and the first thing you hear is lets not let him do his job. >> shannon: how serious could criminal penalties be with these leaks? >> i...

White social justice elitists. they are pampered, petulant, and pasty. >> kimberly: and not nice to dr. ben carson or cornel west. >> bob: this is twitter we are talking about. this is small stuff. there are some passionate people on this issue, including me, about sessions. i think its not surprising he would get that. he didnt read probably the hundreds he got which were favorable. number one, number two i think my guy -- he is sitting there complaining about this. what does he expect in a hig...

Whether or not it is consistent. so -- to be relieved of duties is very shocking. >> professor alan dershowitz joining us on the phone. professor dershowitz. wonder what you make of the latest development? >> well i think it is a serious mistake. i think he could have worked around her. he could have gotten the court to apin tpoint another lawyer t represent him in court and positions. now he made it political. it is going to be very difficult for anybody innt justice department to side with him...

Sure. it is very weird. it is kind of hard to know where it goes. >> martha: do you think democrats will continue to drag their feet? on sessions confirmation and tried to keep her in as long as they can? >> why wouldnt they? she basically said, i am not going to enforce this because i think it is immoral. by the way, it is probably illegal. but her first line of explanation was, this violates some nonspecified moral code. really interesting thing for an acting attorney general to say. it may be...

Of our country. i know that was wrong. i know we need to do better. we can never go back. >> sessions and lewis were recently photographed arm in arm, commemorating the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday in selma, alabama, only 30 miles from sessions hometown. >> the son of the south who has had up close experiences with our great civil rights movement, senator sessions is not oblivious to the fact that we have more to do in the area of racial equality. >> the u.s. leader on civil rights came to ...

For the last couple of weeks, and they say they are prepared for the questions and prepared to defend a record that he says repeatedly, and his team likes to reiterate, is proud of. sessions has a lot of high-level support, and condoleezza rice is somebody you are hearing people tout regularly, and cory booker talking, and john lewis a civil rights icon will testify against jeff sessions here, and one key point that needs to be made, only 51 republicans need to vote for sessions for him to be co...

I mean, there may be no law that says the president cant enrich himself using the powers of his office but there is a law that says that if they are not vetted properly and one of them is found to do something in office that benefits themselves or their family, that cabinet official will go to jail. the vetting process, the financial disclosures, all the rest of it, its a bear. but its not mean. its there for a reason. and at least nine cabinet nominations are up this week already without the tr...

And its important to disclose it. i mean, there may be no law that says the president cant enrich himself using the powers of his office but there is a law that says that if they are not vetted properly and one of them is found to do something in office that benefits themselves or their family, that cabinet official will go to jail. the vetting process, the financial disclosures, all the rest of it, its a bear. but its not mean. its there for a reason. and at least nine cabinet nominations are u...

It starts tomorrow with attorney general nominee jeff session who is is one of the most controversial picks if not the most controversial pick of the entire trump administration, one senator who has already decided and declared that he will vote no on the sessions confirmation joins us next. new girl, huh? yeah, im -- i couldnt help but notice you checking out my name your price tool. yeah, this bad boy gives you coverage options based on your budget. -oh -- -oh, not so fast, tadpole. you have t...

The biggest names in academic law in this country have come out publicly against his confirmation, thats a lot and they are big names. the judiciary committee yesterday received an eloquent and scathing letter from the immediate past governor of massachusetts, deval patrick. he was part of the defense team when jeff sessions prosecuted three black civil rights activists in the most infamous prosecution from his time as u.s. attorney in alabama back in the 1980s. deval patrick is now describing t...